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Election results: Minnesota: Swift County

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 7
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Collin C. Peterson	2,780	63.0%	133,086	55.2%
	Lee Byberg	1,314	29.8%	90,682	37.6%
	Glen R. Menze	180	4.1%	7,904	3.3%
	Gene Waldorf	138	3.1%	9,310	3.9%
	Write-In	3	0.1%	193	0.1%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 20
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Gary W. Kubly	2,722	61.9%	15,876	57.0%
	Gregg Kulberg	1,672	38.0%	11,970	42.9%
	Write-In	5	0.1%	25	0.1%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 20A
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Andrew Falk	2,547	57.8%	7,418	52.1%
	Jay Backer	1,859	42.2%	6,818	47.9%
	Write-In	4	0.1%	8	0.1%

GOVERNOR & LT GOVERNOR (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Mark Dayton and Yvonne Prettner Solon	2,101	47.4%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Emmer and Annette T. Meeks	1,650	37.2%	910,382	43.2%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	622	14.0%	251,504	11.9%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	23	0.5%	7,514	0.4%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	15	0.3%	6,178	0.3%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	15	0.3%	4,092	0.2%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	10	0.2%	6,187	0.3%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	1,857	0.1%

SECRETARY OF STATE
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Mark Ritchie	2,434	56.2%	999,354	49.1%
	Dan Severson	1,610	37.2%	928,805	45.6%
	Jual Carlson	286	6.6%	105,667	5.2%
	Write-In	2	0.0%	1,382	0.1%

STATE AUDITOR
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Rebecca Otto	2,340	54.2%	981,802	48.4%
	Patricia "Pat" Anderson	1,779	41.2%	956,206	47.1%
	Kenny Kalligher	103	2.4%	35,538	1.8%
	Annie Young	95	2.2%	54,152	2.7%
	Write-In	1	0.0%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Lori Swanson	2,568	59.5%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Chris Barden	1,442	33.4%	839,010	41.3%
	Bill Dahn	267	6.2%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	35	0.8%	14,042	0.7%
	Write-In	2	0.0%	1,602	0.1%

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 2
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Helen Meyer	2,530	64.1%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	1,411	35.8%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	3	0.1%	3,301	0.2%

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 5
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Christopher Dietzen	3,596	99.7%	1,241,970	98.7%
	Write-In	11	0.3%	15,820	1.3%

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 6
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Alan C. Page	2,736	67.9%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	1,290	32.0%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	3	0.1%	2,921	0.2%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 2
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Natalie E. Hudson	3,593	99.8%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	9	0.2%	13,117	1.1%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 3
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	David Minge	3,704	99.7%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	13	0.3%	12,391	1.0%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 4
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Wilhelmina (Mimi) Wright	3,581	99.8%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	7	0.2%	11,957	1.0%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 5
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Louise Dovre Bjorkman	3,572	99.8%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	8	0.2%	11,417	0.9%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 11
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Michelle A. Larkin	3,591	99.9%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	4	0.1%	10,840	0.9%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 13
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Randolph W. Peterson	2,444	63.7%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	1,391	36.2%	637,374	43.2%
	Write-In	3	0.1%	3,616	0.2%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 14
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Larry Stauber Jr.	2,155	56.1%	771,404	51.7%
	Dan Griffith	1,684	43.9%	716,637	48.0%
	Write-In	1	0.0%	3,620	0.2%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 17
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Matthew E. Johnson	3,585	99.8%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	6	0.2%	10,662	0.9%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 18
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Heidi Schellhas	3,564	99.9%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	4	0.1%	10,659	0.9%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 19
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Francis Connolly	3,580	99.9%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	5	0.1%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kathryn Smith	2,474	63.7%
	Glen M. (Jake) Jacobsen	1,406	36.2%
	Write-In	2	0.1%

JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 10
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul A. Nelson	3,603	99.8%
	Write-In	7	0.2%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gary Klemm	655	73.1%
	Dennis Dehaan	240	26.8%
	Write-In	1	0.1%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joe Fox	1,035	99.3%
	Write-In	7	0.7%

COUNTY AUDITOR
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Byron Giese	4,056	99.3%
	Write-In	30	0.7%

COUNTY TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Ronald (Ron) Vadnais	4,131	99.7%
	Write-In	11	0.3%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donna Lilleberg	4,030	99.7%
	Write-In	11	0.3%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Holtz	2,513	56.8%
	Jim Crace	1,912	43.2%
	Write-In	3	0.1%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Robin W Finke	3,885	98.9%
	Write-In	44	1.1%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Dale Schlieman	3,975	99.8%
	Write-In	6	0.2%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Sheldon Ahrndt	3,863	99.9%
	Write-In	4	0.1%

MAYOR (Appleton)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Chad Syltie	397	60.1%
	Gary Borstad	187	28.3%
	Larry W Johnson	36	5.4%
	Vince Hughes	35	5.3%
	Write-In	6	0.9%

MAYOR (Danvers)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	35	100.0%

MAYOR (DeGraff)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	30	100.0%

MAYOR (Holloway)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David Evenson	30	45.5%
	Merlin Schulz	29	43.9%
	Debbie Jones	7	10.6%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

MAYOR (Kerkhoven)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brian Thompson	282	91.3%
	Write-In	27	8.7%

MAYOR (Murdock)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Doug Kavanagh	90	93.8%
	Write-In	6	6.3%

CITY CLERK (Clontarf)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jeannie Thompson	65	98.5%
	Write-In	1	1.5%

CITY CLERK-TREASURER (Holloway)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Dawn Meyer	59	95.2%
	Write-In	3	4.8%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Appleton) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Shari Vanbriesen	489	40.2%
	Heather Giese	411	33.8%
	Marlin A Rieppel	172	14.2%
	Duane C Powell	60	4.9%
	Valorie Rice	48	4.0%
	Jeremiah L Maloney	32	2.6%
	Write-In	3	0.2%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Clontarf) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jesse Kent	61	52.1%
	Dale Hagestuen	50	42.7%
	Write-In	6	5.1%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Danvers) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lori Schnitzler	39	57.4%
	Write-In	29	42.6%

COUNCIL MEMBER (DeGraff) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	44	100.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Holloway)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Sue Baker	51	79.7%
	Write-In	13	20.3%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Kerkhoven) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gerald Goblirsch	269	51.5%
	Stephanie Thompson	210	40.2%
	Write-In	43	8.2%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Murdock) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Pat Thorson	89	53.3%
	Craig Kavanagh	72	43.1%
	Write-In	6	3.6%

COUNCIL MEMBER (2 YR) SPECIAL ELECTION (Appleton)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Amber L Molden	366	57.6%
	Gary Hanson	267	42.0%
	Write-In	2	0.3%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		106.3%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Philip Hauge	695	20.2%
	Thomas J Walsh	627	18.3%
	Harmon R Wilts	601	17.5%
	Charlotte Rosemeier	549	16.0%
	Pam Mansfield	537	15.6%
	Warren Johnson	419	12.2%
	Write-In	7	0.2%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Benson Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		109.5%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Shelly Vergin	1,966	38.7%
	Stan Claussen	1,907	37.5%
	Write-In	1,209	23.8%

School District Question 1 (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg): APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION
Precincts reporting		106.3%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Yes	625	54.3%
	No	526	45.7%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State